Onboarding & Practice Files

Welcome to The Violence Layer Manager! This guide will help you get set up and provide the practice files you need to follow the tutorials.

Practice Files

Download Practice Files

Important

(FILES to be uploaded soon hosted via git Releases)

To follow along with the examples in this guide, you need the specific Grease Pencil object setup required by the tool.

Download Practice File (v1.0)
File size: ~45 MB | Format: .blend

If the button above does not work, you can visit the `GitHub Releases page <https://github.com/Danweel/ProjectViolenceDocs/releases>`_ directly.

First Steps

  1. Open the File: * Launch Blender. * Go to File → Open and select the downloaded TheViolence_Practice_File_v1.blend. * Note: If you see a “Missing Libraries” warning, click “Ignore” (this is normal for practice files).

  2. Verify the Setup: * Look at the Outliner (top right). You should see a Grease Pencil object named Violence_Practice. * Select it. * Press N to open the Sidebar. * Click the Fred tab. You should see the LAYER SELECTOR panel.

  3. Set keybindings (Optional but Recommended): * Follow the steps in How to change keybinds in Blender (4.1.1) to assign hotkeys.

  4. Try It Out: * Click the Body button in the panel. * Switch to Draw Mode and draw a line. * Click the Head button. Draw another line.

For more on the intended workflow and what the tool does see Quick Feature Overview For other ways to use the tool and workflows that we know of see Community Workflows

Troubleshooting

Next Steps

Once you have the practice file open and the panel working, head over to the Quick Feature Overview page to learn advanced techniques and workflows!